ARTICLE XII ‑ GENERAL PROVISIONS

(1) APPROVAL

This Agreement Is subject to approval of the courts with respect to carriers in the hands of receivers or trustees.

(2) EFFECT OF THIS AGREEMENT

(a) This agreement is in settlement of the dispute growing out of notices served on the carriers listed in Exhibits A. B and C on or about September 1, 1967 and of the notices dated on or about September 19, 1967, served by the individual railroads on organization representatives of the employees involved, and shall be construed as a separate agreement by and on behalf of each of said carriers and its employees represented by the organization signatory hereto, and shall remain In effect until January 1. 1970 and thereafter until changed or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

(b) No party to this agreement shall serve, prior to September 1, 1969 (not to become effective before January 1, 1970), any notice for the purpose of changing the provisions of this agreement. Any pending notices served by the organization party hereto which are similar to the notices served on the carriers parties hereto on or about September 1, 1967 are hereby withdrawn and no such notices may be served by the organization prior to September 1, 1969 (not to become effective before January 1, 1970).

Any pending notices served by a carrier party hereto on the organization party hereto which are similar to the notices served by the carriers on or about September 19, 1967 are hereby withdrawn, and no such notices may be served by a carrier prior to September 1, 1969 (not to become effective before January 1, 1970).

(c) Pending notices served by any of the parties hereto relating to the consist of crews are not subject to the provisions of this Article. Pending notices or new notices relating to the coupling of air hose or payment therefor are not subject to the provisions of this Article.

(d) If a carrier party hereto undertakes a merger, coordination or any similar transaction involving joint action by more than one carrier requiring I.C.C. approval, notices relating to protective conditions covering such employees who may be adversely affected thereby are not subject to the provisions of this Article.

(e) During the term of this agreement, pending notices covering subject matters not specifically dealt with in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this Article need not be withdrawn and new notices covering such subject matters may be served, and such pending or new notices may be progressed within, but not beyond, the specific procedures for peacefully resolving disputes which are provided for in the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

(f) This Article will not debar management and committees on individual railroads from agreeing upon any subject of mutual interest.

SIGNED AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, This 17th Day OF JULY, 1968.